GP 40 CUB ARF Float installation
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HERE GO,S THE GEE BEE FLOATS ARE GOOD ONES USE THE CUB LANDING GEAR TO ATTACH THE FRONT OF THE
FLOATS FOLLOW GEE BEE DIRECTIONS ON PLACEMENT OF THE FLOATS PER THE PLANES CG ////AS FAR BACK
AS POSSIBLE IN THE FUSE WERE THERE IS SOLID WOOD ON NTHE UNDER SIDE OF THE FUSE IN THE CABIN AREA
EPOXY IN SOME TYPE OF PLY OR HARD WOOD TO SUPPORT THE BALSA UNLESS YOUR PLANE HAS PLYWOOD
THERE ALREADY FASHION THE BARS FROM THE FLOATS AND ATTACH THEM THERE NOW FOR THE TRICKY PART
YOU WANT THE PLANE TO BE SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN THE FLOATS ARE LEVEL THIS IS NECESSARY
SO THAT WHEN THE PLANE ROTATES TO FLAT AND LEVEL AFTER YOU THROTTLE UP IT WILL LIFT THE FRONT OF THE FLOATS SLIGHTLY SO THAT THEY CAN COME UP ON STEP IF YOUR PLANE IS NOSE UP WHEN SITTING ON THE FLOATS THEY WILL PLOW IN AND WILL NOT GET UP ON STEP AFTER YOU HAVE THIS FASHION SOME SUPPORTS
FROM TH ETOP OF THE CUB GEAR NEAR THE FUSE AND RUN THEM BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR MOUNTS
TO PREVENT THE FLOATS FROM MOVING FOR AND AFT THE GEE BEE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT MENTION THESE
SUPPORTS BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS SEND ANOTHER REPLY TO THIS POST
FLOATS FOLLOW GEE BEE DIRECTIONS ON PLACEMENT OF THE FLOATS PER THE PLANES CG ////AS FAR BACK
AS POSSIBLE IN THE FUSE WERE THERE IS SOLID WOOD ON NTHE UNDER SIDE OF THE FUSE IN THE CABIN AREA
EPOXY IN SOME TYPE OF PLY OR HARD WOOD TO SUPPORT THE BALSA UNLESS YOUR PLANE HAS PLYWOOD
THERE ALREADY FASHION THE BARS FROM THE FLOATS AND ATTACH THEM THERE NOW FOR THE TRICKY PART
YOU WANT THE PLANE TO BE SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN THE FLOATS ARE LEVEL THIS IS NECESSARY
SO THAT WHEN THE PLANE ROTATES TO FLAT AND LEVEL AFTER YOU THROTTLE UP IT WILL LIFT THE FRONT OF THE FLOATS SLIGHTLY SO THAT THEY CAN COME UP ON STEP IF YOUR PLANE IS NOSE UP WHEN SITTING ON THE FLOATS THEY WILL PLOW IN AND WILL NOT GET UP ON STEP AFTER YOU HAVE THIS FASHION SOME SUPPORTS
FROM TH ETOP OF THE CUB GEAR NEAR THE FUSE AND RUN THEM BACK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR MOUNTS
TO PREVENT THE FLOATS FROM MOVING FOR AND AFT THE GEE BEE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT MENTION THESE
SUPPORTS BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS SEND ANOTHER REPLY TO THIS POST



